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FUSED ELECTROLYTE [5 records]

Record 1 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Electrolytical Processes (Metallurgy)
  • Electrochemistry
DEF

Electrolysis with use of purified fused salts as raw material and as an electrolyte.

CONT

Fused-salt electrolysis. Aluminum, barium, beryllium, cerium and misch metal, fluorine, lithium, magnesium, sodium, molybdenum, thorium, titanium, uranium, and zirconium are obtained by electrolysis of fused salts, because water interferes with the desired reaction. Raw materials must all be purified before addition to fused-salt cells, because purification of the electrolyte is not economical as in aqueous electrolytes.

Key term(s)
  • electrolysis of molten salts
  • molten-salts electrolysis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Électrolyse (Métallurgie)
  • Électrochimie
CONT

L'électrolyse ignée consiste en la décomposition électrolytique de mélanges souvent complexes de sels fondus. Les molécules des sels sont dissociées en ions, les ions métal allant à la cathode (...). Cette technique est à la base des métallurgies de l'aluminium, du magnésium, des métaux alcalins et alcalino-terreux, des alliages de bore, etc. Suivant le cas, les électrodes peuvent être en carbone très pur ou en métal; la cuve sert souvent d'anode ou de cathode.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Component Manufacturing Equipment
  • Engines (Motor Vehicles)
  • Road Transport
  • Electrometallurgy
DEF

A production cell where the electrolyte is in a molten state.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel et équipement électriques
  • Moteur (Véhicules automobiles)
  • Transport routier
  • Électrométallurgie
DEF

Système d'accumulateurs à électrolyte non aqueux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo de fabricación de componentes eléctricos
  • Motores (Vehículos automotores)
  • Transporte por carretera
  • Electrometalurgia
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Record 3 2003-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electrolytical Processes (Metallurgy)
DEF

The technique of extracting a metal from its soluble salt by an electrolytic cell. It is used in recovery of zinc, cobalt, chromium, and manganese, and has recently been applied to copper when in the form of a silicate ore. For any specific metal, the salt in solution is subjected to electrolysis and is electrodeposited on a cathode made of the metal being extracted.

CONT

Electrowinning(winning or recovering the metal by an electrolytic process) can be carried out on the molten metal or compound, or on a solution of a compound of the metal. In the first process a raw ore is fused(melted) or converted into an easily fusible compound, and the resulting current-conducting solution(electrolyte) is electrolyzed(decomposed by an electric current), producing a relatively pure metallic deposit on one electrode. The second process involves leaching the raw ore... with an aqueous solution; the resulting solution, or electrolyte, rich in the metal, then is recovered and electrolyzed, again producing a relatively pure metal deposit on one electrode.

Key term(s)
  • electro-winning
  • electrolytic extraction
  • electrolytic winning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Électrochimie
  • Électrolyse (Métallurgie)
DEF

Extraction ionique des métaux de leur sel, obtenue par électrolyse.

Key term(s)
  • extraction par voie électrolytique
  • électro-extraction
  • extraction par électrolyse

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación de minerales (Metalurgia)
  • Electroquímica
  • Electrólisis (Metalurgia)
DEF

Técnica de extracción de un metal de su sal soluble por una pila electrolítica.

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Record 4 1984-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrochemistry
OBS

fused electrolyte cell(primary battery).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrochimie
CONT

pile à electrolyte fondu

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrolytical Processes (Metallurgy)
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Electrochemistry
CONT

Electrolytic processes(...) fall into two groups : those using an aqueous electrolyte, and those using a fused salt electrolyte maintained at a high temperature. In both, the electrolyte contains a compound that dissociates into metallic ions that are positively charged and therefore move to, and are deposited on, the cathode.(...) Aqueous electrolysis is employed to refine most of the copper recovered by smelting and to produce lead, gold, silver and several less common metals in exceptionally pure form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrolyse (Métallurgie)
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Électrochimie
CONT

(...) l'électrolyse aqueuse (...) s'effectue tantôt avec des anodes insolubles et inattaquables, tantôt avec des anodes solubles. Dans le premier cas, le courant décompose la solution et précipite le métal ; dans le second, il y a transport du métal de l'anode à la cathode. L'électrolyse aqueuse (...) comporte de nombreuses applications industrielles en métallurgie : (...) affinage des métaux bruts (cuivre, plomb, métaux précieux), extraction de métaux purs.

Key term(s)
  • électrolyse en solution aqueuse
  • électrolyse de solution aqueuse

Spanish

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